Bush urges Hispanics to push immigration bill

The Austin Statesman ^ | 06/16/2007

[NapkinUser]

Bush urges Hispanics to push immigration bill Despite its revival in the Senate, legislation's fate is uncertain.

WASHINGTON — President Bush urged Hispanics to lobby hard for a major immigration bill Friday, a day after it was revived in the Senate.

"Each day our nation fails to act, the problem only grows worse," Bush said at the annual National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast. "I will continue to work closely with members of both parties to get past our differences and pass a bill I can sign this year."

Bush's comments came after Senate leaders announced a deal Thursday that would allow the legislation to come back to the Senate floor as early as next week.

But the fate of the measure is uncertain.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday that he "insisted on a process to prevent endless debate and get the bill through the Senate."

He said he hoped Republicans would not "stall" the legislation.

[Another Faceless Bureaucrat]

What race are Hispanics? The U.S. Census Bureau identifies Hispanics this way: “Persons of Hispanic origin, in particular, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.” [http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/hispdef.html].

Personally, I don’t object to illegal immigrants due to rascism (I have plenty of other objections to them). I live in a neighborhood of mostly Korean immigrants, Korean kids are the majority in the elementary school that all my kids attended, and all the white folks I know think Koreans are model neighbors, totally law-abiding, friendly and industrious. Koreans actually ARE immigrants of a non-Caucasian race, so if I don’t object to them, I must have non-racial reasons to object to Mexican and other Hispanic ILLEGAL aliens.

[William Terrell]

I want to thank you for your support of getting this terrible bill buried forever.

You oneliner statements with no supporting facts or logic and lack of response to those who comment, and, most importantly, the information and logic packed posts that you triggered by your statements will educate the lurkers who may be inclined by ignorance to believe the lies in this bill.

On any side are two critical and pivotal types of weapons to advocate that side: those educated and thoughtful supporters who communicate the sense and truth of their position, and those detractors who are simply partisan and ignorant, being clearly evidenced by marching unaware by making pedantic and inherently opaque statements with no shred of explanation.

You, being the latter, are well deserving of our appreciation.

[RightWhale]

Bradbury urges the Mexicans to give the boot to Hispanics in the Mexican Gov’t. Conquistadores are the whole problem. Any problem with Bradbury saying that? He’s 87 and probably doesn’t give a rip.

[RavenATB]

“Don’t let possible trolls suck you into getting personal and name calling, Raven. “

You’re right. Too early in the morning for me to read trash like that.

Thanks, by the way.

[gubamyster]

ping

[Dante3]

I agree.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Stall it? How about stomping it into oblivion?

What nerve!

[wtc911]

President Bush obviously realizes that the underlying opposition to undocumented Americans is of a racial nature.

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Bullshit. Your posting history reads like RNC talking points. And now you're expanding your repetoire to include the DNC tactic of scream racist at whomever disagrees with you.

Tell us, in detail please, exactly what there is about this bill that you find so attractive that opposition drives you to accuse conservatives of racism.

Be specific.

[Condor 63]

"Each day our nation fails to act, the problem only grows worse," Bush said at the annual National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast.

Failure to act and incorrect action are two completely different things Mr. Bush.

[TheSpottedOwl]

The United States of America is about to become a much better place thanks to the foresight of President Bush.

Around here it's customary to add a /s tag at the end of a comment like that. It denotes sarcasm. You were being sarcastic, right?

[TheSpottedOwl]

Take a look through the first page or two of B. Chezwick’s posts and count how many times he talks about the federal government using force on American citizens.

Probably an open border retread, if not a flaming troll.

[Condor 63]

The United States of America is about to become a much better place thanks to the foresight of President Bush.

Especially if American culture, language, history and identity just ain't your cup of tea and following our laws don't mean anything to you.

[Vigilanteman]

And if -- in some strange and metastasizing American desire for a new royal family dynasty -- Jeb should win the White House in some future presidential beauty contest designed to divert the American electorate every four years, I'd bet that HIS activities toward this alien invasion will make W's behavior look like a warm-up exercise.

This is why George is doing everything humanly possible to get Hillary elected. For after four to eight years of her misrule, we will all be feeling nostalgic for the Bush dynasty again.

[TheSpottedOwl]

ROTFLMAO! I checked the link you posted ;-p

[Dick Vomer]

no what the Senate needs to be is back to the one picked by the legislature of the state. He needs to be removed as far from “popular” democracty as possible.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Simple. They believe we’ll fall for the “we must unite to stop Hillary Clinton” garbage. Will we?

Not me. It's voting for the lesser of two evils that got us into this spot in the first place.

The RNC kept offering us worse candidates and we kept voting for them to keep the DNC out of office so we just kept getting worse and worse candidates and we kept voting for them.

From now on, I vote my principles and if the Dem wins, well so be it, the RNC will at some point have to offer us candidates who can win. Or they'll be out of office forever.

[freekitty]

I believe Jeb Bush’s wife is from Columbia; not Mexico.

[freekitty]

What a disgusting person this Chezwick must be.

[AuntB]

Unlike the anti-immigration extremists, the President realizes that our only hope is to win over Hispanic voters.

What are you saying? That only 3rd world uneducated peasants (&terrorists along with them) can save this country? Why, then, can't they save their own??

And it's anti ILLLEGAL immigration extremists, thank you.

[raybbr]

You’re wasting your time and energy standing up for President Bush with this mob. Best go into lurk mode...and make some popcorn.

Have you read about Bush going to a Polish, Irish, Chinese, Australian, German, Norwegian, Indian, Armenian, etc. breakfast (or gathering of any kind) to support their desire to become U.S. citizens? Why only hispanics?

Bush's true colors have been revealed. He's a bigot who only wants hispanics to come here. He's a racist who hates his own race and is spending whatever political capital he has to further ONLY hispanic immigration, legal or illegal.

And, you deride us for not standing up for Bush?